U66_Types of camera shots

LS – Longshot, a camera shot taken at a distance with a wide broad point of view

ELS – Extreme long shot, a shot taken from a considerably very far distance often giving a wider view than a LS

CU – Close up, a shot taken very close up to the subject often taking up the whole scale of the shot

MS – Mid shot, a shot taken from a distance

WS – Wide shot, a shot with a very wide view

P.O.V – Point of view, a shot with an angle and view that you are facing

O.S.S – Over the shoulder shot, a shot taken from the perspection from a shoulder of a person facing front

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